20 minutes after sunset the last coal train goes to Hongguang, a small village in the mountains with several minor coal mines. After a hefty afternoon storm the last sun rays illuminate the vanish... (more)

A steam powered commuter train, led by Everett No. 11, simmers under a full Moon in Hollidaysburg, PA just shy of the station. It's steam heated coaches are being warmed up in advance for the mor... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec K-27 No. 463, masquerading as Rio Grande Southern No. 455, poses on Ferguson's Trestle. Lighting by Mike Shade and Mother Nature. This was the second day of a Friends of the Cum... (more)

As a heavy 10,000 foot stack train struggles up the Arizona Divide on main track #1, a hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA UPS train races up main track #2 to run round the slower train. ... (more)